Dodging extinction : power, food, money and the future of life on Earth / / Anthony D. Barnosky |
Autore | Barnosky Anthony D. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (255 p.) |
Disciplina | 576.8/4 |
Soggetto topico |
Mass extinctions
Extinction (Biology) Conservation of natural resources |
Soggetto non controllato |
avoiding extinction
biology climate change earth evolutionary history food production future of the planet geologic history global catastrophe global economy global ecosystem global warming human caused humanity mass extinction natural resources paleobiologist paleobiology paleontologist political commentary saving the planet science sixth mass extinction sustainable agriculture sustainable living technology theoretical |
ISBN | 0-520-95909-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. The Last Ones Standing -- 2. It's Not Too Late (Yet) -- 3. A Perfect Storm -- 4. Power -- 5. Food -- 6. Money -- 7. Resuscitation -- 8. Back from the Brink -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786532603321 |
Barnosky Anthony D. | ||
Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Dodging extinction : power, food, money and the future of life on Earth / / Anthony D. Barnosky |
Autore | Barnosky Anthony D. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (255 p.) |
Disciplina | 576.8/4 |
Soggetto topico |
Mass extinctions
Extinction (Biology) Conservation of natural resources |
Soggetto non controllato |
avoiding extinction
biology climate change earth evolutionary history food production future of the planet geologic history global catastrophe global economy global ecosystem global warming human caused humanity mass extinction natural resources paleobiologist paleobiology paleontologist political commentary saving the planet science sixth mass extinction sustainable agriculture sustainable living technology theoretical |
ISBN | 0-520-95909-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. The Last Ones Standing -- 2. It's Not Too Late (Yet) -- 3. A Perfect Storm -- 4. Power -- 5. Food -- 6. Money -- 7. Resuscitation -- 8. Back from the Brink -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818248503321 |
Barnosky Anthony D. | ||
Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Downstream : adaptive management of Glen Canyon Dam and the Colorado River ecosystem / / Committee on Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research, Water Science and Technology Board, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : National Academy Press, , 1999 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 230 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 333.95/28/0979259 |
Collana | Compass series |
Soggetto topico |
Ecosystem management - Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.)
Ecosystem management - Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) Conservation of natural resources |
ISBN |
0-309-18405-3
1-280-18582-1 9786610185825 0-309-59349-2 0-585-20698-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778745703321 |
Washington, D.C. : , : National Academy Press, , 1999 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Downstream : adaptive management of Glen Canyon Dam and the Colorado River ecosystem / / Committee on Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research, Water Science and Technology Board, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : National Academy Press, , 1999 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 230 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 333.95/28/0979259 |
Collana | Compass series |
Soggetto topico |
Ecosystem management - Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.)
Ecosystem management - Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) Conservation of natural resources |
ISBN |
0-309-18405-3
1-280-18582-1 9786610185825 0-309-59349-2 0-585-20698-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826832203321 |
Washington, D.C. : , : National Academy Press, , 1999 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Draft comprehensive conservation plan and environmental assessment : Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge, Montana / / prepared by Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 6, Mountain-Prairie Region, Divison of Refuge Planning |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Stevensville, MT : , : Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge, , [2012] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 189 pages) : illustrations, color maps |
Soggetto topico |
Wildlife conservation - Montana - Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge
Environmental impact analysis - Montana - Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge Conservation of natural resources - Montana - Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge Conservation of natural resources Environmental impact analysis Planning Wildlife conservation |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Draft comprehensive conservation plan and environmental assessment |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910707397403321 |
Stevensville, MT : , : Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge, , [2012] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Draft Cottonwood resource management plan amendment for domestic sheep grazing and supplemental environmental impact statement |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cottonwood, Idaho : , : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Cottonwood Field Office, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1 volume (various pagings)) : illustrations, maps (some color) |
Soggetto topico |
Bighorn sheep - Habitat - Idaho
Mountain sheep - Habitat - West (U.S.) Public lands - Idaho - Management Conservation of natural resources - Idaho - Cottonwood Conservation of natural resources Bighorn sheep - Habitat Mountain sheep - Habitat Public lands - Management |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti |
Draft resource management plan
Supplemental environmental impact statement Draft Cottonwood RMP amendment for domestic sheep grazing and SEIS |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910708498903321 |
Cottonwood, Idaho : , : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Cottonwood Field Office, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Draft record of decision, Cibola National Forest land management plan, Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Lincoln, McKinley, Sandoval, Sierra, Socorro, Torrance, and Valencia counties, New Mexico |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albuquerque, NM : , : United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southwestern Region, , 2021 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (i, 31 pages) |
Soggetto topico |
Forest management - New Mexico - Cibola National Forest
Land use - Environmental aspects - New Mexico - Cibola National Forest Public lands - New Mexico - Cibola National Forest - Management Conservation of natural resources - New Mexico - Cibola National Forest Conservation of natural resources Forest management Land use - Environmental aspects Public lands - Management |
Soggetto genere / forma | Environmental impact statements. |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Cibola National Forest land management plan |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910717279103321 |
Albuquerque, NM : , : United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southwestern Region, , 2021 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge : comprehensive conservation plan / / prepared by: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Complex ; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific Northwest Planning Team |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Sequim, WA : , : U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish & Widlife Service, Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (various pagings) : color illustrations, color maps |
Soggetto topico |
National parks and reserves - Washington (State) - Dungeness Spit - Management
Wildlife refuges - Washington (State) - Dungeness Spit - Planning Wildlife conservation - Washington (State) - Dungeness Spit - Planning Wildlife management areas - Washington (State) - Dungeness Spit - Planning Environmental impact analysis - Washington (State) - Dungeness Spit Conservation of natural resources - Washington (State) - Dungeness Spit - Management Conservation of natural resources Environmental impact analysis National parks and reserves Wildlife conservation Wildlife management areas Wildlife refuges |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910704200403321 |
Sequim, WA : , : U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish & Widlife Service, Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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E-Blast, news briefs from Utah NRCS |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Salt Lake City, UT, : Utah NRCS |
Descrizione fisica | volumes : digital, PDF file |
Disciplina | 333 |
Soggetto topico |
Conservation of natural resources - Utah
Conservation of natural resources |
Soggetto genere / forma | Periodicals. |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti |
News briefs from Utah NRCS
EBlasts |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910698308603321 |
Salt Lake City, UT, : Utah NRCS | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Earth [[electronic resource] ] : natural resources and human intervention / / Friedrich Schmidt-Bleek ; translated by Sandra Lustig ; Klaus Wiegandt, general editor |
Autore | Schmidt-Bleek F |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Haus Pub., 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (247 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.72 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
WiegandtKlaus
LustigSandra |
Collana | The sustainability project |
Soggetto topico |
Conservation of natural resources
Conservation of natural resources - Citizen participation Conservation of natural resources - Economic aspects Sustainable living |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-86284-3
9786613792167 1-906598-59-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Editor's Foreword; Preface: how environmental protection mutated into an eco-strategy; Acknowledgments; 1 The Earth In Motion; How we manage natural resources; Dematerialization of the economy; Moving resources; Changing the way we manage the economy; The necessity of dematerialization; The ecological rucksack and an ecological metric; Energy in the ecological rucksack; How we manage resources; From old to new environmental policy; 2 The True Price Of Things; Focus on function; Two new concepts; Ecological rucksacks; The ecological price, or the true price of things
Material input factors - MIFFive different rucksacks; Factor 10; In a nutshell; 3 The Ecological Metric; Costs per service; The ecological price of utility; MIPS is evidently the ecological equivalent of COPS; The service unit S; An example: what is dematerialized steel?; Resource productivity: more utility for less environment; Resource productivity of production; Resource productivity of services; Ecological prices and labels; Ecological prices; Do prices tell the ecological truth?; 4 The Economy's Metabolism; An Excursus: The Tower Of Babel; Inseparable: economic activity and the ecosphere Material flow accountsThe resource strategy; Material flows in Germany; Food metabolism in Germany; Material flows in the European Union; The global economy's material flows; The population problem and resource consumption; Boomerang effects; Sustainable world trade?; 5 Consequences For The Earth; The complexity of the economy and the ecosphere; The devastation caused by hurricanes; Early warnings; The Kyoto Protocol - the path to the future?; Sustainable solutions?; 6 Services And Their Utility; Practical services; Luxury and resources; Services performed by machines; Nature's services The utility of lifeChanging values?; Focusing on utility helps to create a future with a future; Seeking ecological utility; Choosing the best; Making difficult choices; The new Kondratiev wave; Who are the movers and shakers?; Making MIPS smaller: dematerializing existing products; Designing the invisible: innovations for tomorrow; Multifunctional equipment; Designing sustainable utility; 7 The Earth In Our Hands; The productivity of labor and resources; Unemployment with no prospects?; Misdirected financial burdens?; Energy and resource efficiency; Unintelligent taxation; Full-cost pricing The reality of wasting resourcesInnovation on the wrong track?; The Aachen scenario; We still lack information; Carnoules Potentials; Investing in tomorrow; Europe's historic opportunity; Epilogue; Glossary; Tables; References |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461813303321 |
Schmidt-Bleek F | ||
London, : Haus Pub., 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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